I really enjoyed several of the nonfiction titles from the list.

• Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City, by Janet Schulman, is the story of a hawk who makes his unlikely home in New York City.
• Nic Bishop’s Frogs taught me things I did not know about frogs. The close-up photographs, taken all around the world, are truly remarkable.
• We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, by Kadir Nelson, tells the story of African-American baseball players who had to create their own baseball league in the 1920′s, due to segregation. These athletes faced many hardships to play the game they loved.
• Lady Liberty: A Biography, by Doreen Rappaport, is all about the Statue of Liberty – how she was made, and how she came to stand in New York’s harbor as a symbol of our country’s many opportunities.

• Finally, Help Me, Mr. Mutt, by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel, is a very fun book – especially if you like dogs. One of the book’s authors – Susan Stevens Crummel - will visit our school in November. Stay tuned for more information.

Happy reading!

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In Purplicious, by Elizabeth Kann, the character Pinkalicious learns the importance of staying true to herself.

I’m really excited about Found, by Margaret Peterson Haddix! This is book one of her new series called The Missing. If you enjoyed Haddix’s Shadow Children series, you are sure to love this one.

I hope everyone is having a great summer. Keep reading!

Mrs. Freeman